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28 January 1944: Transferred to Great Britain, commissioned as HMS Whitaker (K.580)

01 November 1944: Torpedoed at 0210 by U-483 off Matlin Head, England

Towed first to Londonderry, and then to Belfast, Ireland, she was inactive for the remainder of the war

19 May 1945: Struck from the Royal Navy

03 December 1945: Returned to U.S. Navy custody, remained in the British Isles

09 January 1947: Sold for scrapping to John Lee, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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1 November 1944: Possibly the only published photo of Whitaker prior to being torpedoed by U-483 (Photo credit: Mr. P. Phelps)

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undated wartime image: HMS Whitaker showing some of the horrific damage she suffered. In the foreground is a group of her survivors: (left to right) (Front) Able Seamen Stanley and Costello, Leading Seaman Lancaster, Able Seaman Meers and Leading Seaman Northcott. (Rear) Able Seamen Paultor and Rowell, (unidentified), and Able Seaman Brady. (Photo from "The Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War" by Donald Collingwood)

Robert Hurst

View the HMS Whitaker (K.580), ex-DE 571, DANFS history entry located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.
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